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Box 261030, San Diego, CA 92196-1030, 1-619-566-9710, website: www.suzukimusic.com Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association Volume Thirty-nine Number Nine APRIL 1999 CHOAAL]O Wesley Coffman Ann Easterling EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR COLUMNS ARTICLES From the Executive Director ......... 2 From the President ....................... 3 The Choral Graduals of From the Editor ............................ 4 Johann Michael Haydn: Elegant Additions to the Hallelujah! .................................. 43 Performance Repertoire ......... 9 Timothy W. Sharp, editor by Dale Miller Research Report .......................... 45 Lawrence Schenbeck, editor Compact Disc Reviews ............... 49 Richard]. Bloesch, editor Book Reviews ............................. 55 Francis Poulenc's Stephen Town, editor "Grand Choral Symphony" . 21 Choral Reviews ........................... 59 by Lee G. Barrow Richard Nance, editor Repertoire and Standards Committee Reports .................... 37 Newsbriefs .................................. 40 REHEARSAL BREAKS ACDA Planned Giving ............... 42 Advertisers Index ........................ 72 Passion and the Conductor ............................................ 31 by Terry W. York Cover, designed by Susan Gower, depicts tbe Salzburg Cathedral. APRIL 1999 PAGE 1 THE AFFILIATED FROM ORGANIZATIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDIANA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Daniel H. Graves National Convention a Great Success 209 South Sixteenth Street REMENDOUS! RECORD-BREAKING! The list of superlatives describ­ Richmond, Indiana 37374 ing the ACDA National Convention in Chicago goes on and on. Never in Treasurer - Paula J. Alles T the history of ACDA national conventions have so many people attended. 1471 Altmeyer Road There were 5,730 ACDA members registered for the 1999 National Convention. Jasper, Indiana 47546 From the opening concert at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday to the convention-dosing IOWA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION honor choir concert on Saturday evening, attendees were treated to a diverse array of President - Bruce Chamberlain interest sessions, reading sessions, exhibits, and great music from many eras and 1211 Oak Park Boulevard genres, performed by superb choirs. Everyone who came to Chicago left educated, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 entertained, and enthusiastic about the future of choral music. Secretary/Treasurer - Bruce A. Norris 404 Maple Street An undertaking as huge as an ACDA national convention does not just happen. It Mondamin, Iowa 51557 takes more than two years of careful planning and nurturing by the national AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS convention committee. This year's committee outdid itself Congratulations to each ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA person who served on the 1999 ACDA National Convention Committee: Milburn President - David Dickau 104 Manchester Court Price, Convention Chair; James Hudson, Assistant Convention Chair; William Mankato, Minnesota 56001 Maydin, Program Chair; the ACDA national office staff, Registration; Dale Cole, Treasurer - Susan Zemlin Program Advertising and Exhibit Chair; Robert Snyder, Local Arrangements Chair; 1029 Paul Parkway, NE, #304 Bill Cormack, On-Site Exhibits Chair; Jeffrey Poland, Coordinator, International Blaine, Minnesota 55434 Choirs; Beth Brown Shugart, Hospitality Chair; James A. Bohart, Reading Sessions MONTANA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Chair; Perry White, Publicity Chair; John Haberlen, Final Auditions Chair; Scott President - Marco Ferro Anderson, Honor Choirs Coordinator; Tom Smith, Orchestra Hall Site Chair; Box 454 Randi Von Ellefson, Medina Temple Site Chair; Mitzi Groom, Hyatt Regency Site Malta, Monrana 59538 Chair; Tom Jones, Honor Boychoir Chair; Monica Hubbard, Women's Honor Choir Treasurer - Larry Swingen 216 Eighth Avenue SW Chair; and Janice Bradshaw, High School Honor Choir Chair. Of course, each of Sidney, Monrana 59270 these devoted men and women had others working with them, all performing their NEBRASKA responsibilities in a highly professional way. The next time you have opportunity to CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION talk to or write to any of these committee members, let them know what a great job President - James F. Hejduk Westbrook Music Building they did. University of Nebraska Chicago is history-now it's on to San Antonio in 200 1. Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 Treasurer - Mark Butler 1014 Arthur Street Gene Brooks Holdrege, Nebraska 68949 OHIO CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Craig Johnson Music Departmenr, Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio 43081 Treasurer - Bob Hartigan 8770 Landen Drive Maineville, Ohio 45039 STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP The American Choral Directors Association is a nonprofit professional organization of choral directors TEXAS from schools, colleges, and universities; community, church, and professional choral ensembles; and CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION industry and institutional organizations. Choral Journal circulation: 20,000. Annual dues (includes President - Marsha Carlisle subscription to the Choral Journal): Active $55, Industry $100. Institutional $75, Retired $25, and 10318 Royal Coach Student $20. One-year membership begins on date of dues acceptance. Ubrary annual subscription San Antonio, Texas 78239 rates: U.S. $25; Canada $35; Foreign Surface $38; Foreign Air $75. 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Compliance with Appleton, Wisconsin 54914 these laws is a condition of participation by clinicians and performing groups at ACDA meetings and conventions. Secretary/Treasurer - Ronald C. Buddes © 1998 by the American Choral Directors Association, 502 SW Thirty-eighth Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505. Telephone: 1872367thAvenue 580/355-8161. All rights reserved. The Choral Journal (US ISSN 0009-5028) is issued monthly except June and July. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Printed in the United States of America. ~ Periodicals postage paid at Lawton, Oklahoma, and additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address EdPress changes to Choral Journal, P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506-0310. Volume Thirty-nine Number Nine PAGE 2 CHORAL JOURNAL NAT IONAL FROM OFFICERS THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT James A. Moore School of Mu'sic, East Texas Baptist University Marshall. Texas 75670 That Toddlin' Town 903/935-7963 (voice); 903/938-0390 (fux) [email protected] HICAGO, CHICAGO, that toddling town . .. bet your bottom dollar you "lost" VICE-PRESIDENT your blues in Chicago_ 1 The words of this song rang true as the sights and Lynn 'Whitten College of Music. Universiry of Colorado sounds of ACDXs 1999 National Convention swept through downtown Boulder. Colorado 80309 C 303/494-6648 (voice); 303/492-5619 (fux) Chicago. What an experience! The Brahms Requiem, presented by one of the world's whi[[email protected] great orchestras and choruses, outstanding choir performances, enticing interest ses­ PRESIDENT-ELECT Milburn Price sions, new music reading sessions, an inspiring School of Music. Samford University Birmingham. Alabama 35229 music and worship experience, a wonderful clos­ 205/870-2778 (voice); 205/870-2165 (fax) [email protected] ing session with the three honor choirs, and a TREASURER scintillating